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05-07-2008, 10:44 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: rocklin
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|  powder blue tang
difficult? if so why? | 
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05-07-2008, 10:54 PM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Louisville, KY ( derby town ) Age: 39
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Originally Posted by nemo1991  difficult? if so why? | Beautiful fish if ya can keep it from stressing out.
They seem to break out in ich if you look at them funny.
But as always if you consider getting one, do your best to find one that's feeding and in real good shape with good solid color to it ( @ the LFS )
Then make sure water parametes are in good shape.
And then STILL hold your breath, cause it just might get ich even if you've done every thing right in your tank ,
if this fish gets stressed , you can rest assure it will fall victem to ich and most perish after they have a really bad break out of it.
( they will alot of times go thrue "no ich seen" to ich all over it' then looking good the next day , then the next day sleeping in the sand.)
But get a nice specimen and offer it good foods and give it pleanty of hiding places and NO more agressive fish that will pester it to death. _________ <B><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">[font="Tahoma"] Got Questions? Need Answers?
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05-07-2008, 11:19 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
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Beautiful fish if ya can keep it from stressing out.
They seem to break out in ich if you look at them funny.
But as always if you consider getting one, do your best to find one that's feeding and in real good shape with good solid color to it ( @ the LFS )
Then make sure water parametes are in good shape.
And then STILL hold your breath, cause it just might get ich even if you've done every thing right in your tank ,
if this fish gets stressed , you can rest assure it will fall victem to ich and most perish after they have a really bad break out of it.
( they will alot of times go thrue "no ich seen" to ich all over it' then looking good the next day , then the next day sleeping in the sand.)
But get a nice specimen and offer it good foods and give it pleanty of hiding places and NO more agressive fish that will pester it to death.
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05-08-2008, 03:25 AM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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I have one and it has never had a spot on it. Most of it is about your water parameters, they require pristine conditions. If you are deciding on one of these I would make it the last fish you add because they are real funny towards other tangs. Mine thinks he is the king of the castle and has already picked a power brown to death as he was added afterwards.
Just keep that in mind, they are a very pretty fish. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
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05-08-2008, 03:34 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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Originally Posted by Otty I have one and it has never had a spot on it. Most of it is about your water parameters, they require pristine conditions. If you are deciding on one of these I would make it the last fish you add because they are real funny towards other tangs. Mine thinks he is the king of the castle and has already picked a power brown to death as he was added afterwards.
Just keep that in mind, they are a very pretty fish. | I agree with Otty. I've been dying to get one, but cant b/c of my other two tangs. Luna _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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